Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
European Union, Malta
  
National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
  
Malta
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
  
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
Interesting Facts
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
- There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish
  
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Roman Languages
  
Alphabets in
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hallo
  
Ħello
  
Thank You
Mange tak
  
Grazzi
  
How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?
  
Kif int?
  
Good Night
God nat
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Evening
God aften
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag
  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Good Morning
God morgen
  
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Please
Please
  
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Sorry
Undskyld!
  
Skużani!
  
Bye
Farvel
  
Ċaw
  
I Love You
Jeg elsker dig
  
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Excuse Me
Undskyld mig
  
Skużi!
  
Dialect 1
Scanian
  
Qormi
  
Where They Speak
Sweden
  
Malta
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Jutlandic
  
Żejtun
  
Where They Speak
Denmark
  
Malta
  
Dialect 3
Bornholmsk
  
Not Present
  
Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
5.50 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.50 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Native Name
dansk
  
Malti
  
Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk
  
Malti
  
French Name
danois
  
maltais
  
German Name
Dänisch
  
Maltesisch
  
Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes
  
Maltese
  
Origin
c. 1100 AD
  
c. 1470
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
North Abric
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Rigsdansk
  
Maltese
  
Signed Forms
Signed Danish
  
Maltese Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
da
  
mt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dan
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 2/B
dan
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 3
dan
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
dani1284
  
malt1254
  
Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
  
12-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Synthetic
  
Danish and Maltese Speaking population
Danish and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Danish and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Danish and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Danish language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Danish and Maltese on Danish vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Danish and Maltese Language Codes
Danish and Maltese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Danish and Maltese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.